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Geneva in January

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Geneva is chilly: highs near 44°F, lows near 30°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Geneva is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 36 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
44°F7°Caverage
Low
30°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
9h 04mon average

Is January a good time to visit Geneva?

January sits outside Geneva's best months, which run from June to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 44°F in January, against 44°F to 79°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in January, against 7°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in January, against 40% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

60% cover in January, against 40% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

9h 04m in January, against 8h 40m to 15h 43m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December46°8°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January44°7°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February46°8°low 30°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Geneva sits, in January

Europe/Zurich
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:14 AMsets 5:14 PM
Above the sea
410 mlow-lying
Latitude
46.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Le Brassus43 km north

The land around Geneva, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Switzerland in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Geneva

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Geneva. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (410 m) against the climate model's (541 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (410 m) against the climate model's (541 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.